com.ibm.itim.remoteservices.provider
Class ServiceProviderLocator

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.itim.remoteservices.provider.ServiceProviderLocator

public class ServiceProviderLocator
extends java.lang.Object

Locates the correct ServiceProviderFactory and uses it to creates a ServiceProvider. The ServiceProviderInfo should be constructed based on the service identifier. Caches ServiceProviderFactory implementations matching particular service instances.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_FACTORY The default ServiceProviderFactory assumed if there is none specified in the resource definition factory.
static java.lang.String	MANUAL_FACTORY

Method Summary

static ServiceProviderLocator	getInstance() Get the instance of ServiceProviderLocator.
ServiceProvider	getServiceProvider(ServiceProviderInformation serviceProviderInfo) Get the service provider info for the given service, get an instance of the ServiceProvider class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_FACTORY

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_FACTORY

The default ServiceProviderFactory assumed if there is none specified in the resource definition factory.

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Constant Field Values

MANUAL_FACTORY

public static final java.lang.String MANUAL_FACTORY

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ServiceProviderLocator getInstance()

Get the instance of ServiceProviderLocator.

Returns:

The singleton instance of this class.

getServiceProvider

public ServiceProvider getServiceProvider(ServiceProviderInformation serviceProviderInfo)
                                   throws ProviderConfigurationException

Get the service provider info for the given service, get an instance of the ServiceProvider class. The factory class name is looked up in the resource properties. If a factory class name is not specified in the properties then the default factory will be used.

Parameters:

serviceProviderInfo - Information about the service provider. serviceProviderInfo cannot be null.

Returns:

A service provider implementation object for specified service that will not be null.

Throws:

ProviderConfigurationException - If there was a problem with the provider configuration